HebrewH4307Noun (Feminine)

מַטָּרָה

mat.ta.rah

15Occurrences
H4307Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)

or מַטָּרָה; from H5201 (נָטַר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
This name means guard, prison

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

מַטָּרָה appears 15 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
10
Nehemiah
2
1 Samuel
1
Job
1
Lamentations
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 20:20BSB

I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

Jeremiah 32:12BSB

and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:6BSB

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Jeremiah 39:14BSB

had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.

Lamentations 3:12BSB

He bent His bowand set me as the target for His arrow.

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